Wye Oak is currently on tour in support of their latest album Shriek, which came out earlier this month via Merge Records.
The duo stopped by the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis last night, May 15th.

Opening up for the band was Montreal-based Braids (not to be confused with Braid). I've previously written about both bands, with Braids as "not" Velocity Girl.

Braids ended their set with "In Kind," from their latest album Flourish//Perish, out now on Arbutus Records.

Wye Oak

Wye Oak (Andy Stack on drums and guitarist/singer Jenn Wasner) warned us that they were going to play their new record Shriek live, kicking off with "Before." As promised, all the songs from Shriek, with the exception of "Paradise," were played. Making up the rest of their set were some fan favorites from their previous album Civilian.

"We've been playing this song every night, hoping it'll be Summer," Wasner said before they played "Hot As Day", adding that she "didn't bring a coat on this tour," much to her regret that Minneapolis' weather was still quite chilly for May.

Wasner would later thanked the audience for showing up to support the duo. "Performing is difficult, and there were times when I thought it might not happen again. We don't take any of this for granted. The fact that you are here, it really means that much to us." She then tells us like it is, that they were going to play two more songs before they leave the stage and then come back for the encore.

Speaking of which, the encore songs were the highlight of their set. They came back and covered Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" followed by the title track from Civilian.